Over the time we had at our recent 3 Day Residential Personal Growth Retreat, something which was highlighted is the use, or not, of ALL of our resources in our lives. It is of often really easy to just keep on keeping on – all by ourselves.
Think about it - there’s likely to be SO many ways in which you could allow more support for yourself just by being open to utilising more of the resources which may be available to you.
Let me explain. We had 2 teams working on ‘projects’. The glaring example we had, was that one team asked lots of questions. They called upon the ‘Advisors’ for clarity regarding their role and how the advisors could assist the team. All through the exercise they often asked the advisors for their observations of the team’s interactions. They took action with the information and answers they were given. They also constantly communicated with each other and kept checking to see that they were indeed utilising as many of the whole team’s resources as possible.
The second team were resistant to having input from the ‘Advisors’, whose role it was, in fact, to simply support the teams in their allocated tasks. Although eventually allowing the ‘advisors’ in to their team, it had little impact. The team were unclear about how the advisors might be able to assist them because very few questions were asked and the end result was that the whole spectrum of the advisors valuable observations and inputs were not given, which in turn meant they were not utilised to benefit the team.
It is not surprising then to tell you that the first team completed the task by utilising a huge amount of resources, they communicated well, worked as a team, did it ‘easy’ and had a great deal of fun in the process.
The second team, although managing to complete the task, they did it ‘hard’. They underutilised their resorces, found it difficult to work as a team so there was a lot of pressure and stress and although in the end, some fun was had… they did not find the process easy.
It is fascinating to see how we can do both of these things in our lives. When we look around and allow ourselves support, we can get through almost anything easily. On the other hand we all to often isolate ourselves – sometimes working from the fear of being seen as not competent, or just from the habit of having to do everything all by ourselves. This results in us finding life much more difficult than it needs to be.
So my questions today are – Are you utilising ALL YOUR resources? Perhaps there is support available for you in your life that you are not using? Are you thinking outside the ‘box’ in order to allow support and create ‘more in your life? Or are you struggling and doing it hard? Have you looked at ALL your options, or are you limiting yourself based upon internal fears and self doubt?
How do we create ‘more’ in our lives if we keep limiting ourselves? The simple answer is that we don’t!
My wish is that as you read this, you are prompted to allow more, to create more and to seek out, see and use ALL the resources and support available to you….. Once you start to enquire about the possibilities, you might be surprised at just how MUCH more you can create!
Have fun,
Eschani.
